Boris Manhart

Chief Executive Officer

Innosuisse

Startup and Scale-up Coach

Growth Unltd.

After almost 25 years as an entrepreneur and co-founder of five companies - a unicorn and apps with millions of users - I decided to change my focus and advise other founders and leaders together with a team of experienced business leaders and specialists.
As an entrepreneur, it always made me happy to have an impact. Now, it makes me incredibly happy when I see how entrepreneurs become more comfortable and practical as a result of our collaboration.

Founder

Career coaching to executive MBA students who want to enter an entrepreneurial career path.

Startup Strategist

Guest Speaker

Peakora

Product-Market Fit Expert & Coach

TRIQ Triathlon

TRIQ is a revolutionary, dynamic app for triathlon training plans.
It combines the latest knowledge of renowned coaching scientists with an intelligent algorithm that constantly adjusts the plan to fit the athlete. TRIQ saves time and adapts on its own to ensure you’re fresh and motivated enough to keep training hard.

CodeCheck

CodeCheck is the first shopping matchmaker. It matches consumers with the right products, retailers with the right customers and brands with the right insights.

Numbrs

Numbrs Personal Finance is a financial technology company based in Switzerland. The company offers an app called Numbrs that aggregates bank account and credit card information and facilitates mobile banking and personal financial planning.

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Y&R Group Switzerland

Group Account Director

Compresso AG

Compresso is a communication and promotion agency with a broad portfolio of well-known clients and a wide variety of projects.

Co-Founder

As the founder of Growth Unltd., I've dedicated my career to helping startups reach product-market fit. With a proven track record of co-founding five ventures, including a unicorn, I understand the intricacies of startup success.

At Growth Unltd., we're redefining the startup journey. We provide invaluable guidance to entrepreneurs, leveraging our years of entrepreneurial expertise and a proven success formula. Our mission is clear: to accelerate your startup's path to Product-Market Fit, saving you time and money.

In addition to my role at Growth Unltd., I am a startup strategist at IMD Lausanne, one of the world's top business schools. I've also been a guest speaker at Stanford, where I've shared insights with the next generation of entrepreneurs.

I'm honored to have been recognized as one of Switzerland's 100 Digital Shapers by Bilanz, and I'm passionate about making a lasting impact in the digital landscape.

Join me on this exciting journey of growth and innovation. Let's connect and explore how to work together to take your startup to the next level.

numa

NUMA – We do the room. You do the city. – "NUMA Group – We are the Tesla of the hotel industry" headlines AHGZ Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung, Germany's most influential hospitality newspaper, AHGZ

Communications Principal Europe

Luxury Venture Group

The Luxury Venture Group is a Swiss-based incubator, accelerator, and venture platform to scout, select, accelerate, and invest in startups.

With the Luxury Venture Day ( https://luxuryventureday.com ) we are connecting inspirational business leaders of luxury brands and services, investors, researchers, and unique startups from the luxury industry.

Partner

CodeCheck AG

CodeCheck offers a very popular personal shopping assistant for health-oriented, conscious consumers and enjoys an excellent reputation – for example, the prestigious Neue Zürcher Zeitung writes about CodeCheck from "one of the most renowned portals when it comes to information about ingredients."

Global Chief Marketing Officer

Bonial.com Group – an Axel Springer company

The Bonial.com Group with "kaufDA – The Star among Location-based Services in Germany"​ (W&V) or "The Savior of Retail" (HORIZONT) is a company group of Axel Springer SE, the leading digital publisher in Europe, and reaches consumers on 11 markets around the world with its mobile apps and websites.

Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Communications

eBay

Member of the Swiss management team 
Responsible for Corporate Communications, Marketing PR, Internal Communications, and Community Development at eBay in Switzerland (Berne).

Head of Corporate Communications eBay Switzerland (HQ Europe)

Member of the Austrian and Swiss management team 
Responsible for Corporate Communications, Marketing PR, Internal Communications, and Community Development at eBay in Austria (Vienna) and Switzerland (Berne).

Head of Corporate Communications eBay Austria and Switzerland

Member of the German management team
Responsible for Corporate Communications, Marketing PR and internal communications at eBay Germany (Berlin), built up and led a team of PR specialists as Head of Corporate Communications at eBay Germany for 4 years - from start up to the most popular brand in Germany in late 2003.

Head of Corporate Communications eBay Germany

Senior Communications Exec with more than 18 years Leadership experience in the Internet industry, including seven years as Head of Corporate Communications at eBay (DACH), seven years as SVP and Strategic Communications Advisor at Axel Springer SE's Bonial.com (mobile Internet, retail and location-based services) and more than 1.5 years as Global CMO at CodeCheck AG – hands-on mentality with a passion for leveraging technology. 

Strong proven track record in the US, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Russia and Brazil – delivered articles in world’s leading media outlets (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Venture Beat, TheVerge and many more).

CORE COMPETENCIES

Extensive senior experience in international Multi Brand Marketing Communications (eBay, PayPal, Skype, Kijiji, Axel Springer SE’s Bonial, kaufDA, Retale and many more), Corporate PR including M&A Communications for several major international acquisitions, Issue Management, Social Media Management, Internal Communications and Community Development, strong experience with International Market Development – from conception through deployment. Proven ability to create a brand voice and deliver solutions that meet brand objectives and increase brand awareness. Comprehensive international business network.

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